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Train driver killed and 35 injured in Swiss train crash

A driver's body has been recovered from the scene of a head-on crash between two trains in Switze...
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07.13 30 Jul 2013


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Train driver killed and 35 inj...

Train driver killed and 35 injured in Swiss train crash

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07.13 30 Jul 2013


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A driver's body has been recovered from the scene of a head-on crash between two trains in Switzerland. 

Five of the 35 who were injured are in a serious condition following the head-on collision just outside a station in Vaud canton, western Switzerland.

Pictures showed the two trains still on the tracks with the cabs crumpled into each other and broken glass on the floor of the carriages.

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Ambulances, fire engines and a helicopter are on the scene of the crash at Granges-pres-Marnand, around 31 miles southwest of the capital, Bern.

The helicopter and ambulances took the five seriously injured to a hospital in the nearby town of Payerne and south to the city of Lausanne.

Their injuries were not life-threatening however, police said.


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